Out-of-hours fees are only payable for emergency attendance and emergency treatment of a worker at a time when the practice is not usually open.

AA020

Level B consultation

$76.00

AA030

Level C consultation

$140.00

AA040

Level D consultation

$215.00

WCO001

Certificate of capacity

$44.50 (plus GST)

One certification fee may be charged for the initial certificate only. No fee is payable for subsequent certificates. To order certificates of capacity call SIRA on 13 10 50.

WCO002

Maximum hourly rate payable to General Practitioner

$272.40

or

$22.70 per 5 minutes

This fee is to remunerate for any time spent by the medical practitioner, in addition to the usual medical management, to assist the worker to recover at or return to work. These rates may cover, for example, discussions with employers, case conferences (see definition below), visits to worksites, time spent reviewing injury management or return to work plans and providing additional reports requested from treating doctors (where it was pre-approved by the insurer). These should be billed to reflect the time taken (to the nearest five minutes) to deliver the service.

Case conference

$22.70 per 5 minutes (plus GST)

$272.40 per hour (plus GST)

Case conference means a face-to-face meeting, video conference or teleconference with any or all of the following parties – workplace rehabilitation provider, employer, insurer or other treatment provider(s) delivering services to the worker. Discussion must seek to clarify the worker’s capacity for work, barriers to return to work, and strategies to overcome these barriers via an open forum to ensure parties are aligned with respect to expectations and direction of the injured worker’s recovery at work or return to suitable employment. If the discussion is with the worker, it must involve a third party to be considered a case conference. Discussions between the worker’s nominated treating doctor and other treating practitioners (eg allied health practitioners, medical specialists/surgeons) relating to treatment are considered a normal interaction between referring doctor and practitioner. This is not to be charged as a case conference.